The final straw that ended a pretty good friendship between me and someone else was when he declared on Facebook that "all them Muslims should be shipped back to where they came from".

I've got a friend who was born in Pakistan. Her family left when she was about three because they are Christian and were "encouraged" by the locals to seek a new locale. She was "one of them Muslims".

My friend from high school whose family came from Persia about 4 generations back was "one of them Muslims".

My Lebanese friend and fellow choirboy (no, literally, we sang in The St. Paul's Choir of Men and Boys together) who died when I was 12 in a horrific car accident would have been "one of them Muslims".

The truly ironic thing about the whole situation is that said Facebook poster is a Catholic Irish-American.

Red Shirt Blues:Something is not quite right here. Dude shows up demanding money and gold and tears up citizenship papers. I hate to be that guy.......but this is all very fishy. Too set....too many props.

Because it's a magical, far away place where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer and the towels are oh-so-fluffy. In Albuquerque, the shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long, and anyone on the street will gladly shave your back for a nickel.

On the other hand, it can be surprisingly difficult to find a doughnut shop that has Bavarian cream-filled donuts in stock.

Dirty J1:I'm not condoning the violence against foreign immigrants, but did they really HAVE to come to America, specifically? I mean there are more, probably more tolerant countries that are accepting of Catholics. Unless they were here before 9-11, but if I were someone of their race or even similar to their race, I would strongly reconsider coming to America after 9-11, and in the wake of the damn near decade long war in the Middle East to boot. Yeah not the best time period to be of Iraqi descent and living in America.

When you're creating refugees by waging war in a foreign country, you are sort of obligated to take in at least some of those refugees. Most of the Iraqi refugees ran to their neighbors, like Jordan and Syria, but Europe has hundred of thousands,, and you take your part of the responsibility like a grown up nation too.

nekom:Bathia_Mapes: Sybarite: Violent bigots aren't renowned for their ability to distinguish the finer points of race, culture, and religion.

Yep

Shortly after 9/11 there were several attacks on Sikhs who live in Lane County, Oregon. The attackers made the assumption that because they wear turbans they must be Muslims.

Don't forget that asshole a few years back who shot up a Sikh temple.

YOU HAVE A STRANGE HAT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!

You know, before I read these two comments, I was ignorant of the Sikh.I decided to look up the belief system and was really surprised at what I learned.I'm not saying that I was suspicious of them, but I was ignorant.I kinda like what they believe, well at least what Wiki says. I'll need to talk to one of these guys before forming a real opinion.Just sayin' thanks for giving me that little push.

foxyshadis:Red Shirt Blues: Something is not quite right here. Dude shows up demanding money and gold and tears up citizenship papers. I hate to be that guy.......but this is all very fishy. Too set....too many props.

Stranger stories have been concocted and carried out in the name of insurance fraud. Let's see how it plays out.

Yep. But I recall this thread when fark turned into the instant "murica, rape culture, men are all misogynists,derp" club.Called that one too.

spawn73:The family said they're not sure yet how difficult it will be to replace their citizenship documents

Unless they're forgeries, why would it be hard?

It can take as long as a year (or more) to process and get your replacement document. And sometimes, your application for a replacement certificate may be denied, in which case you're going to spend quite a bit of time appealing it.